Railway-switch.



T. P. REED. RAILWAY SWITGH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17, 1913.

Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

-IE NORRIS PETERS C0,, PHOMLITHO. WASHINGTUN. D. C.

Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, ToMrsoN- P. REED, a citizen of-the United States, andresident of and State of California, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Railway-Switches, of-which the following is aspecification.

p The invention relates to improvements in railway switches of that typewhich are automatically operated by mechanism on a car. i

The object of the present invention is to equip the track with simpleand compara tively inexpensive switch mechanism, and 3 to provide asimple, practical, and efficient q construction, adapted to be readilyapplied to a car, and which will be under the control of the motorman ofa street railway car or the engineer of a locomotive, for

positively operating the switch. J

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from'the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages'of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a plan view of a railway switch constructedin accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a street cartruck equipped with car I pmechanism constructed in accordance with thisinvention.

Like numeralsof reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawlng, in which i is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, the railway track is equipped with switchrails 8 connected by cross braces 6 and 7 which maintain the switchrails in Specification of Letters Patent. 1 7 Patentedlfielo. 165,Application filed April 17, 1913. Serial N0. 761,848.

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romrsoiv PAXSON REED, or LONG Burton, oamronnra.

RAILWAY-SWITCH, i l l transverse alinement. The cross brace 7 isprovided with a rearextension 9, which is pivoted at 10 to one of thecross ties, and in the operation of the switch, the pointed ends of theswitch rails move laterally a limited distance, theswitch rails 8swinging on the pivot 10, so thatr one or the other of them will contactwith one of the main rails 11' and 12. The cross brace 6, which islocated near the pointedends of the switch rails, is pivotally connectedat 14 midway between the switch rails to one end of a longitude nallydisposed track lever 13, which is fulorumed intermediate of its ends at15 to one of the cross ties. The other (or free end of the lever 13 isprovided withan upwardly projecting antifriction roller 16, adapted tobeengaged by car mechanism hereinafter described, to'move the switchlever laterally from one side to theother. When the lever 13 is engagedand actuated by the car .mech anism, the switch rails 8 are correspondingly thrownto one side or totheother.

No claim is made in the'presentapplication tothe constructionof thetrack device.

The car mechanism comprises in its construction a longitudinallydisposed, horizontally swinging switch operating arm 18, secured at itsinner or rear end to a plate 19 which is pivoted at 24tto the undersideof a cross bar 20 of a car truck 17 The switch operating arm "tapersforwardly, its front end being pointed and the said arm having anenlarged body portion at the pivot 24: of the plate 19. The plate 19,which extends across the truck, is provided in its ends with recesses19*, receiving projecting stops 20 of the cross bar 20. The stops 20 areadapted to engage the end walls of the recesses 19 to limit theoscillatory movement of the pivoted plate and the switch operating arm18.

In order to bring the arm of the switch operating arm 18 within thecontrol of the motorman, the pivoted plate 19 is equipped with asubstantially lL-shaped arm 21, provided at its inner or rear end 22with an attaching portion which is secured to a forward extension of thepivoted plate 19. The L-shaped arm 21, Which extends upwardly andforwardly, carries at its outer or front end a toothed rack or segment23 of the plate 19 and the switch operating arm 18, and meshing with apinion 26 of a vertical operating shaft 25. The vertical operating shaft25 is journaled in suitable hearings on the car and it extends throughthe platform thereof. The pinion 26, which is suitablysecured-to'the-lower end-of the shaft 25, is arranged beneath theplatform of the car. The upper end of the vertical shaft. 25 is,provided with a crank handle 27, by means of-which theshaft may beturned to rotate the pinion and oscillatethearm 21. Any suitable meansmay be provided at the crank; for holding the same in such lpositionthat {the iarm= will; be in parallelism with the Bfl'llSgl1,t1 lld;-12,or: in such other position ,as may; be :necessary; to move the switchnails either togthe "right or -to the left.

:It is obvious that-the car, orptnuck mechanism-may be ,;used- :on: an 4engine, cab, 'or tender 'ofn-a locomotive,;ingwhich'case thepivotedrplate 2'9 1nay, EL'S'lllUSlZI'Z'LtGd in Figs. 3 and .i-liof :thedrawing, be provided with a near; extension 3:0, to which 'is'pivoted al0ngitudinally disposed arm 'Q'fgft substantially T;-shaped ilever; ThisiT-shaped @lever, which is provided with rtransversely {disposed arms34, is rpivoted centrally of the same :aat 32 #150 :the truck, 1 and 1 aconnecting r0fd133 may be attaohed-to: either or-both of the f'laterallyextending arms-:34. Through the connecting 5 rod 33 i; the a engineer isenabled :to set ;the mechanism to throvv the switch.

.What is claimed. is

1. A yswitch inclu d-ing @car [mechanism comprising a pivoted"transversely disposed plate movable in a horizontal plane and providedin its -ends with recesses, fixed stops extending into the recesses andarranged to "be engaged by the end Walls thereof for jlimiting thepivotal movement ofthe said plate, a switch operating arm carried byand. extending from the plate and operating mechanism connected with theplate for actuating the same.

2. A switch 'zincluding =car mechanism comprising a horizontally movablepivoted plate, :an arm extending from the plate and proviided withatoothedyrack, an operating shaft havinga pinion :meshing with thenack,1and a switch operating, arm extending from and carried by thepivoted'plate.

A switch including car mechanism comprising a 'pivotally mountedhorizontally movable switch "actuating arm, a toothed rack connectedwith the arm, a pinion meshing with'therack, and an operating shaftconnected with-the: pinion for swinging-the larm.

Signed; at-the city of Long Beach county of iLos Angeles state ofCalifornia, this 10th-day of April,;l913, in;the presence of Witnesses.

TOMPS'ON PAXSON REED. Witnesses J. C.' HOFFMAN,

L. l C. :Bnmrnnson.

.Gopies;ofithis patent;=may be!obtained tor; five centseach-byeddressing the; Commissioner otratents,

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